Wall Street Journal - Aug 18 2014 - At Cross Purposes

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Clues Answers
'Brand New Key' singer MELANIE
'What is this a picture of?' drawing DROODLE
1996 Greg Kinnear movie DEARGOD
A chignon may expose it NAPE
Asked for a ticket, in a way SPED
Battery ends ANODES
BFF PAL
Bit of ointment DAB
Break ground, in a way HOE
British brew since 1777 BASSALE
Bulldogs backer ELI
Calf setting LEG
Collection of songs ALBUM
Coming-out party honorees DEBS
Cube in a casino DIE
Discounted by LESS
Djellaba wearer ARAB
Dress uniform feature, at times EPAULET
Dried flowers used for their bitter flavor HOPS
Drinker's bill TAB
Earlobe decoration STUD
Eats up, so to speak ADORES
Exasperated utterance GAH
Favorable factor PLUS
Female kangaroo DOE
Go out on ___ (take risks) ALIMB
Grind away TOIL
Hall with a big audience ARSENIO
He lost to Bjorn at Wimbledon in 1976 ILIE
Himalayan greeting MEOW
Homburg's cousin FEDORA
Hot time on the Cote d'Azur ETE
Interminable LONG
International understanding ENTENTE
Layered entree LASAGNA
Like all but one prime number ODD
Madder, e.g DYE
Make ___ (succeed in retail) ASALE
Clues Answers
Minuscule WEE
Necessitate ENTAIL
Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet IOTA
Observes Ramadan FASTS
Painter's base GESSO
Paul and Howard RONS
Pendulum paths ARCS
Phil in Cooperstown NIEKRO
Pickled LIT
Posses pursue them OUTLAWS
Pronto, in memos ASAP
Respecting ASTO
Rock's Kings of ___ LEON
Seeing as how SINCE
Sensitive spots SORES
Shell, e.g BOAT
Soldier of fortune, for short MERC
Stat for Clayton Kershaw ERA
Struggling INAHOLE
Subject of John McPhee's book 'The Founding Fish' SHAD
Tag line YOUREIT
Take ___ at (try) ASTAB
THEME ANSWER 1 DOUBLEBASS
THEME ANSWER 2 EYEGLASSES
THEME ANSWER 3 HUMANNOSE
THEME ANSWER 4 OCEANLINER
THEME ANSWER 5 DENTALWORK
Time period on a broadcast schedule SLOT
Treats first made in Chelsea in 1912 OREOS
Tree frog with a high-pitched call PEEPER
Turns winnings into more winnings PARLAYS
Use a letter opener on SLIT
Veggie in a thick pod SNAPPEA
Verb for you ARE
Wearable souvenirs TEES
What the five theme answers all have BRIDGES
Winner of 56 of his 61 fights ALI
___ vous plait SIL